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365 Days of Balance

February 26th, 2010 James Barnsley No comments
New Balance Project 365

New Balance Project 365

Make a simple website. Done.

Make it fun and interactive. Sweet.

Make a website that people visit every day of the year? Easier said than done.

Exposing your brand is the easy part – but making it memorable is a task that corporations spend millions of dollars on. The beauty of the internet age is that we can build websites that visitors themselves make the content for. Think of the competitions where you win a holiday – ‘Just write in your craziest holiday story to enter’ – by doing so you are contributing, creating and remembering. Often it’s remembering the crazy story that you made up to try win a trip to Fiji, but maybe, just maybe, it was remembering the brand running the promotion.

New Balance 365 is a website essentially promoting, well, New Balance. There’s no fancy new product. No new ‘climate  change awareness’ message. Not even a sale. Just a brand and a concept. This website encourages users to submit a short film and the best of every day gets a spot on the New Balance 365 calendar. All the film needs to do is portray a sense of balance. There are some quite creative films, so be sure to check it out!

Click here to visit New Balance Project 365.

Manipulate the mind with creativity

February 23rd, 2010 James Barnsley No comments

When we see, feel or hear only half of an instant we use our other senses to fill in the blanks. Sometimes we can help fill in and manipulate those blanks with special effects. Check out this prime example of changing the scene by using only sound.

Who said a Bar Code has to be boring

February 11th, 2010 Phoebe No comments

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‘VANITY BARCODES’ are mixing it up and are transforming bar codes that are usually boring and space hogging and transforming them into brand assets. It’s a great way to add brand value and engage customers in a way that no other graphic design can! Check out their clever adaptions at  www.vanitybarcodes.com